FoxFury Upgrades Its Greener, Better, Brighter and Smarter Nomad LED Area Light & Spotlight

 The best rapid deployment light just got better. FoxFury Lighting Solutions announces its upgraded 4000 torch lumen Nomad 4000 LED Area-Spot Light, which is 400 lumen brighter than the Nomad 3600 released last year. The cordless and rechargeable Nomad is a portable area light and spotlight that can travel to and function in places where other scene lights cannot.

The Nomad was designed to give first responders and photographers a compact, portable and self-sufficient quick deployment lighting tool. The Nomad’s smart design offers both flood and focused light options. With built-in legs and a head that can telescope up to 8 feet tall, the Nomad functions as a powerful 8 degree spotlight with the diffuser lens detached or a 120 degree scene light with the lens attached.

The Nomad deploys in 20 seconds, has no warm-up or cool-down time and uses the latest CREE LED technology.

The Nomad provides three light intensities and 2.5 to 9 hours of light per charge. It has been used by firefighters, rescue, EMS, police, military, security, industrial safety and photographers around the world.

“We’re thrilled to offer an even brighter Nomad. The Nomad has been used in blackouts, disasters, incident command posts, rescue operations, arson investigations, crime scenes, vehicle and heavy equipment inspections, land surveying, SWAT perimeter lighting, photography, film and more. It's a versatile and incredibly handy light," said Mario Cugini, CEO of FoxFury.

FoxFury Lighting Solutions creates unique and cutting edge lighting products that reflect the needs of our customers, who demand quality and dependability. FoxFury is best known for its niche LED headlamps designed for specific markets including Fire, Industrial, Hazardous Area, Law Enforcement, Forensics and Recreational. FoxFury was formed in August 2003 and operates out of Vista, CA USA.

 Due to diminishing donations and increased belt tightening at Haringey Council, residents feared that Christmas cheer would give
Highgate a miss this year.

But after a meeting on Tuesday, the council announced that the lights would go up and would be better than ever.

The authority is even buying new state-of-the-art LED lights as a special Christmas gift.

Chris Underhill, of Highgate estate agents Prickett & Ellis who raises funds all year round for the village’s much-loved lights, said: “I’m flabbergasted and so chuffed.

I’ve not slept for a few days because I’ve been so stressed about the lights not happening this year.

I very much appreciate the effort of the council and I know the community will be absolutely delighted.” Councillor Nilgun Canver, cabinet member for environment at Haringey Council, said: “The Highgate Christmas lights will be going up this year as normal.”

Siren song of fancy new bike has that come-hither look compared to old model

I've owned the candy-apple red Trek 5200 since January 1999. It caught my eye as soon as I walked into the downtown Portland Bike Gallery for their winter sale. The color and large frame size were pluses. When I picked up the carbon fiber frame, I thought, "Wow." At the time, it was state-of-the-art light, somewhere around 20 pounds.

sales guy walked up from behind and said, "Do you know who Lance Armstrong is?"

At the time, the wonder boy from Austin, Texas, had not yet won a Tour de France. Only a bike geek would have know who Lance Armstrong was.

"Of course."

"This is the same bike that Lance rides."

I bought the bike for the discounted price of $1,300. Score one in the early business partnership of Lance and Trek.

I've put lots of miles on that bike in the ensuing 12 years. It's showing its age and so am I.

So, as i strolled side-by-side with my bike into the Cycle Oregon camp area in Sutherlin on Saturday afternoon, I saw a Trek factory rep had a stable of 40 new bikes being offered for a day of free riding.

What is this? A carbon frame Trek 69SSL, 700 Series in my frame size? I'll take it.

The Trek rep quickly swapped my pedals on the new bike, adjusted the saddle and I was ready to go. My Trek 5200 would spend Sunday in a darkened van.

When Sunday's ride began, I was eager to see how fast the Lamborghini would go. A bicycle performs only as good as the bicyclist atop the saddle, but even I could get this carbon beast snarling past a line of bikes on the road out of Sutherlin headed to Cottage Grove.

Another Trek -- same style, bigger frame -- was available for Monday's 91-miler to Reedsport. Another rhapsodic experience.

But toward the end of the day, as Oregonian colleague Rich Read and I chugged up the last hill of the day, we were startled by the sight of 60-year-old John Killen blasting past us aboard his Kona-brand cyclocross "Jake." This humbling sight hammered home the point that even an $8,709 carbon frame Trek 69SSL, 700 Series bike cannot carry me up the hill.